Bobby Caina Calvan

August 04, 2020 | Daily Business Review

"Not enough people are doing the small things to slow down COVID-19," said Nikki Fried, Florida's only Democratic statewide officeholder. "To reopen our state and our economy safely, we must all be in this together."

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Mike Schneider

4 minute read

July 31, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Jose Antonio Freire Interian and Yohana Anahi Gonzalez was arrested after police received a complaint and a video showing a possible violation of a quarantine order imposed by state public health officials against the married couple.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

5 minute read

July 16, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The U.S. Supreme Court's order came just four days before Monday's deadline to register for the August primary, when voters will choose candidates for Congress, the state Legislature and local races.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

4 minute read

June 25, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The legislation would require high schools to act more quickly when student athletes show signs of heat stroke and other heat-related stresses.

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Brendan Farrington

5 minute read

June 18, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Descendants of July Perry along with local elected officials and residents attend a ceremony in 2019 unveiling a historical marker in Orlando. Perry was lynched by a white mob after helping a friend trying to vote.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

6 minute read

May 20, 2020 | Daily Business Review

In preparation for reopening the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis has lashed out against early prognostications of gloom and doom, saying in recent weeks that many of the state's hospital beds are lying empty.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

6 minute read

April 23, 2020 | Daily Business Review

"We are obviously thinking a lot about when and how to reopen. We've got multiple teams working on a number of different scenarios," said John Sprouls, the chief administrative officer for Universal Orlando Resort.

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Terry Spencer

6 minute read

April 09, 2020 | Daily Business Review

With staffing an issue because of continuing worries over the coronavirus outbreak, state elections officials say they will be pushing more Floridians to vote by mail, even as they acknowledge that the state is not prepared to conduct upcoming elections entirely through the postal service.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

4 minute read

April 03, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The director of the Department of Economic Opportunity publicly apologized for his agency's failures and the anguish wrought on thousands of Floridians unable to get unemployment benefits.

By Bobby Caina Calvan

5 minute read

March 18, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz says supplies are being delivered on a rolling basis, and inventory is being distributed throughout the state 24 hours a day.

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Freida Frisaro

4 minute read